diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a98e74..70d67d6 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ if (Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_FOUND)
     include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include)
     include_directories(SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${RDKAFKA_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-    add_executable(kafka_producer EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL kafka_producer.cpp)
-    add_executable(kafka_consumer EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL kafka_consumer.cpp)
-    add_custom_target(examples DEPENDS kafka_producer kafka_consumer)
+    add_custom_target(examples)
+    macro(create_example example_name)
+        add_executable(${example_name} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL "${example_name}.cpp")
+        add_dependencies(examples ${example_name})
+    endmacro()
+
+    create_example(kafka_producer)
+    create_example(kafka_consumer)
+    create_example(metadata)
 else()
     message(STATUS "Disabling examples since boost.program_options was not found")
 endif()
diff --git a/examples/metadata.cpp b/examples/metadata.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1baa50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/metadata.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
+#include "cppkafka/consumer.h"
+#include "cppkafka/configuration.h"
+#include "cppkafka/metadata.h"
+#include "cppkafka/topic.h"
+
+using std::string;
+using std::exception;
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+
+using cppkafka::Consumer;
+using cppkafka::Exception;
+using cppkafka::Configuration;
+using cppkafka::Topic;
+using cppkafka::Metadata;
+using cppkafka::TopicMetadata;
+using cppkafka::BrokerMetadata;
+
+namespace po = boost::program_options;
+
+bool running = true;
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    string brokers;
+    string group_id;
+
+    po::options_description options("Options");
+    options.add_options()
+        ("help,h",     "produce this help message")
+        ("brokers,b",  po::value<string>(&brokers)->required(), 
+                       "the kafka broker list")
+        ("group-id,g", po::value<string>(&group_id)->required(),
+                       "the consumer group id")
+        ;
+
+    po::variables_map vm;
+
+    try {
+        po::store(po::command_line_parser(argc, argv).options(options).run(), vm);
+        po::notify(vm);
+    }
+    catch (exception& ex) {
+        cout << "Error parsing options: " << ex.what() << endl;
+        cout << endl;
+        cout << options << endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Stop processing on SIGINT
+    signal(SIGINT, [](int) { running = false; });
+
+    // Construct the configuration
+    Configuration config = {
+        { "metadata.broker.list", brokers },
+        { "group.id", group_id },
+        // Disable auto commit
+        { "enable.auto.commit", false }
+    };
+
+    try {
+        // Construct a consumer
+        Consumer consumer(config);
+
+        // Fetch the metadata
+        Metadata metadata = consumer.get_metadata();
+
+        // Iterate over brokers
+        cout << "Found the following brokers: " << endl;
+        for (const BrokerMetadata& broker : metadata.get_brokers()) {
+            cout << "* " << broker.get_host() << endl;
+        }
+        cout << endl;
+
+        // Iterate over topics
+        cout << "Found the following topics: " << endl;
+        for (const TopicMetadata& topic : metadata.get_topics()) {
+            cout << "* " << topic.get_name() << ": " << topic.get_partitions().size()
+                 << " partitions" << endl;
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Exception& ex) {
+        cout << "Error fetching metadata: " << ex.what() << endl;
+    }
+}
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